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THE AMERICAI^ BEE JOURNAL. 



lion of the Association, on the basis of 

 ))raucli or auxiliary societies, which 

 brandies could annually, or at less fre- 

 quent periods send representatives to the 

 National Associaliou. For the next an- 

 nual meeting he was in favor of Chicago. 



Dr. Rush said he would withdraw his 

 suggestion of St. Louis, and unite with 

 his friends on Dcs ^Vioines. 



Mrs. Tupper, of Des Moines, said that 

 though she would be glad to welcome the 

 Society to Des ^Sloines, she feared tlie ex- 

 pense of going there would be too great 

 for most of the members. 



After considerable discussion of the 

 subject, the matter was handed over to 

 llie Business Commiltee. 



Adjourned till Thursday morning. 



SECOND DAY — >tORNIXG' SESSION. 



The following Publishing Committee 

 was appointed : Mr. Pope, Dr. Rush an(,l 

 Mrs. Tupper. 



The report of tlie Business Committee, 

 giving topics for the morning discusson, 

 was presented, tlie first being the question 

 of "Adulteration of Honey." 



Upon this subject Mr. King, of New 

 York, read a paper, from which we ex- 

 tract the following concerning the eflfect 

 of adulteration upon the honey producing 

 interests of the country. 



"A leading honey merchant of New York, 

 who bought largely of the comb honey of 

 Mr. Harbison's great 100,000 pound lioney 

 crop, said (and 1 have it from his own lips) 

 that he refused to purchase the extracted 

 honey, because he could furnish a better ar- 

 ticle by making syrup of white sugar and 

 adding to flavor the mixture, one gallon of 

 honey to every seven gallons of this syrup, 

 costing only "eight or ten cents per pound. 

 He said if the syrup was heated to the boil- 

 ing point, so as to dissolve all the particles 

 in the sugar, the mixture would not granu- 

 l.ate. Others claim a secret of their own by 

 which they prevent granulation. 



"But what will be the elt'ect upon the price 

 and sale of extracted honey when the dealer 

 increases every 1,000 pounds to 8,00(i to flood 

 the market? 'If one-third of tlie 8ai,(Xio 

 IKHinds referred to be treated in this wav 

 100,0lWi pounds would be increased to S(Xi,(KtO 

 pounds, which would no doubt glut the mar- 

 ket and greatly reduce the price. But this 

 is not the worst feature in the case. Deal- 

 ers in New York and Chicago have resorted 

 to the use of glucose as a substitute for su- 

 gar syrup, as others have done in the manu- 

 facture or golden syrup. Glusos is a li(iuid 

 which is often made as clear as water, and 

 of about the consistency of honey, though 

 less sweet than even cane sugar. 



"Messrs. A. Boyer «fe Co., whose address 

 is Auberville. per I'aris, France, are large 

 manufacturers, (ihicose. is found in the 

 Juice of several kinds of fruit, but it is usu- 

 ally manufactured from starch or dried 

 gi-apes. But will the evil stop here, or will 

 glucose, which costs from six to eight cents 

 per pound, soon l)ec()iiie too expeiisive, ami 

 acids be used in its stead? Then will ex- 

 tracted white-clover honey go beggiuix for 

 purchasers, and even biickwheat hone\, 

 though darker, and therefore coiiunanding 



a better price, will be of dull sale, as these 

 ingenius dealers can color their mixtures to 

 look like the darkest buckwheat honey." 



As to a remedy for the evils complained 

 of, the speaker said : 



"Perhaps apiarians will conclude to dis- 

 pense with the extractor and think to rem- 

 edy the evil by raising and selling only bad 

 honey or comb honey in the frame. But 

 these dealers have already found a remedy 

 for such a contingency. They now sell most 

 of their— how shall 1 call it— no, their mix- 

 ture in glass jars, witli one of more narrow 

 strips of honey in the comb, which occu- 

 pies the little space in the jar, but looks well, 

 and sells the mixture with which the jar is 

 fllled. 



"I can suggest no remedy but education. 

 We must educate the people, and thus qual- 

 ify them to judge between a pure and im- 

 pure article. Apiarians must write on the 

 subject, not simply for their journals, but 

 for the city press, both secular and religious. 

 While earth remains in its present state, 

 evil men, as the Apostle says, shall wax 

 worse and wore, but when Paradise is re- 

 stored, that land flowing with milk and hon- 

 ey, these honey adulteraters shall go into 

 their "own place, and trouble us no more." 



Mrs. Tupper stated, after the reading of 

 the paper, that she had frequent letters from 

 Honey Dealers, wishing to purchase clean 

 white comb. 



After some further discussion, Messrs. 

 King, Hoagland and A. Benedict were ap- 

 pointed a committee to draft resolutions ex- 

 pressive of the judgment of the association 

 against the practice of atlulterating honey. 



The next topic of discussion w^as "Bee- 

 Forage" and was debated at some length. 

 Some of the members expressed themselves 

 ais in favor of buckwheat, others white clo- 

 ver, Mr. Hoagland,. thought the forest was 

 the great home of the bee. The richer the 

 soil the greater would be the amount of hon- 

 ey extracted from the flower. The discus- 

 sion as to the value of various flowers for 

 "bee forage" was continued at some length, 

 and was quite interesting. The sunflower, 

 sassafras, the purple aster, and any quantity 

 of flowers had their respective merits as 

 honey plants thoroughly demonstrated. 



The third topic reported by the Business 

 Connuittee w^as "The wintering of bees un- 

 der glass."' This was discussed at some 

 length, and the experience of different mem- 

 l)ers of the Convention related. 



"The best method of preventing honey 

 from candying" was next discussed at some 

 •length, after which the Association ad- 

 journed till 2 p. M. 



AFTEKNOON SESSION. 



The Society met at two o'clock p. m. 

 The first hour of the session was occu- 

 pied in the exhibition of patent bee-hives, 

 honey extractors, and, some fine specimens 

 of honey. 



ELECTION OF OFFICEKS. 



At the expiration of the hour, the Pies- 



